Wood splint window shades



Oct. 1, 1957 s. D. WASSYNG HAL 2,808,222

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2,808,222 woon SPLINT WINDOW SHADES Seymour D. Wassyng, Merrick, and Robert H. Ensign, Bronxville, N. Y., assignors to Hough Manufacturing Corporation, a corporation of Connecticut Application November :13, 1953, Serial No. 391,944 4 Claims. (Cl. 248-262) This invention relates to roll-up fabric shades for windows, porches, etc., and has for its principal object to simplify and improve the installation.

Generally speaking, this is accomplished by increasing the horizontal dimension and decreasing the vertical dimension of the head rail, making a better fascia with a masking flange above the rail and providing fittings permitting the shade to be slid into and out of place and latched securely for use.

Further objects and advantages will appear as the description is read in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a wall;

Fig. 2 is an end view showing the shade rolled up;

Fig. 3 is a similar view of a prior art shade rolled up;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the shade, intermediate portions being broken away, and mounting brackets being shown in one position to receive the shade;

Fig. 5 is a cross-section through the head rail and the hanging hardware;

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a mounting clip and associated spring in positions preliminary to being assembled;

Fig. 7 is a similar edge view of those parts; and

Figs. 8 and 9 are perspective views of a mounting bracket.

But these diagrammatic drawings are for the purpose of illustrative disclosure only, and are not intended to impose unnecessary limitations on the claims.

The shade is composed of a head rail generally indicated by it and including a body portion 11 and a front fascia 12, a strip of wood splint shade fabric generally indicated by 13, a bottom moulding 14, a roll-up cord 15 having one end 16 made fast to the head rail by a staple 17 and including a loop 18 ending where the cord passes through a ferrule 19 in the head rail, thence passing through a cord lock generally indicated by 20 and terminating in a hand grip or standing part 21.

The head rail has been increased in horizontal dimensions and decreased in vertical dimensions to provide a greater distance between the front and back of the rollup cord and give more room for the shade roll at the top when in raised position. This is brought out conspicuous- 1y by a comparison between Figs. 2 and 3, the latter showing a familiar prior art shade.

The front fascia 12 has a vertical width in excess of the body portion 11 of the head rail, and its front face is divided by grooves 22 into three horizontal sections or faces 23 comparable in size to the narrow wood splints 24 in the shade fabric.

The bottom moulding 14 is octagonal in cross-section with each face 25 comparable to the width of a splint 24; and one of them is slotted at 26 to receive two splints, as best shown in Figs. 2 and 4 where they are made fast.

This shape and size of bottom moulding permits the shade to be rolled tighter and into smaller compass when it is in raised position, which makes it less conspicuous when raised. Also, when fully extended the faces of the a shade, a window, and

atent 2 moulding correspond with the splints and make the moulding less conspicuous.

In one form that has been found satisfactory, the body portion of the head railis 1%" ly, and the front fascia is 1% vertically by. horizontally, arranged as best shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

The upper edge of the shade fabric is made fast to the head rail by staples 27 through a mounting strip 28 and two splints 13.

The cord lock 20 is constructed to fit on top of the body portion 11 projectingover a circular opening 31 easily made with a suitable one-inch auger bit. It is se-' cured by nails 30. Heretofore, the opening for the cord lock has been comparably large and mortised or routed, which made it difiicultand, costly to change the cord lock from right to left or .vice versa, whereas with the present invention that can be easily done. pulley of the prior art is replaced by is also readily inserted in a round opening made witha small bit. This gives equally smooth wear, long life, and does not require turning around whenthe shade is reversed from right to left, as in theprior art.

The hanging hardware of thisinvention includes a U- shaped mounting'clip mounting bracket 34.

The clip 32 includes an upper plate 35 provided with an elongated opening 36, a lower plate 37 provided with a screw opening 38 aligned centrally with the opening 36, and a web portion 39 having stiffening corrugations 40.

The associated spring 33 includes a bottom plate 41 having an opening 42 corresponding to the screw opening 38 and a bowed upper plate 43 having a wide and long slot 44 to give ample access to the openings 38 and 42 when the single mounting screw 45 or other similar form of pin securing means, such as a nail, is inserted into the top of the body portion of the head rail.

In assembly, the bottom plate 41 of the spring 33 passes beneath the bottom plate 37 of the clip 32, and the bowed portion 43 extends from the rear edge of the bottom plate 37 to the intermediate portion of the top plate 35. The corners 46 of the bottom plate 37 are sharpened and turned down to bite into the top of the body portion 11 of the head rail on each side of the spring 33.

The mounting or hanging bracket 34 includes a base portion made up of a long arm 48, a short arm 49, and a web 50 having a stiffening corrugation 51. Projecting away from the short arm 49 is an outwardly projecting arm 52 adapted to be received between the curved part of the spring 33 and the upper plate 35 of the clip 32, as shown in Fig. 5. The arm 52 is provided with a latch button 53 adapted to spring into the elongated slot 36 in the upper plate 35 of the clip 32. That opening is elongated to provide side tolerance so that a moderate amount of mis-measurement in mounting the brackets will be of no inconvenience.

The long leg 48 and the web 50 of the hanging bracket 34 are provided with screw openings 54 and may be attached to the window casing either at the top or at the face, or at either end of the jamb, by turning the bracket to suit and inserting the screws accordingly.

Each clip 32 and spring 33, being secured to the top of the head rail body 11 by a single screw, are easily changed on the job when appropriate, but, as a rule, there will be no occasion for that. Hanging the shade merely entails putting up two hanging brackets 34 into suitable position, lifting the shade to approximately correct position, and pushing the clips over the outstanding arms 52 of the brackets until the buttons 53 snap into the slots 36. Taking a shade down is done with an outward movement with perhaps an upward tilt to ease the button 53 out of the slot 36.

Patented Oct. 1, 1957 horizontally," 41" vertical-' The ordinary guide. the ferrule 19, which 32 and associated spring 33' and a The hardware is masked by the front fascia which blends with the shade fabric.

We claim: 7

In winct w sh dea e t flto be s e dwith a winaoweasing and including a head 'rail, a hanging deviw t e o qm sins a oun c p ,s d the head rail, said clip including a plate-like member extending normally of the plane of the window, plate-like spring means extending between said head rail and said memher, and biased toward said member, and bracket means adapted to be secured to the window casing including a plate-like arm' extending normally of the plane of the window, said plate-like arm being received between said plateelike member and said spring means to hang the shade, saidmernber and said arm being formed with interen'gaging means for restraining movement of the head rail normally of the plane of the window.

2. In a'window shade adapted to be associated with a window easing and including a head rail, a hanging device therefor comprising a generally UQshaped mounting clip secured to the rail with the legs thereof extending nor mallyof'the plane of the window, one of said legs of said 'clip being secured to the rail and the other of said legs being spaced from the head rail, plate-like spring means extending between said legs of said clip and biased toward said other of said legs, and bracket means adapted to be secured to the window casing including a platelike arm extending normally of the plane of the window and e e a y Parallel to, said other leg. it said l n, said plate-like arm being received between said other leg of said clip and said spring means to hang the shade, said other leg and said arm being formed with interengaging means for restraining movement of the head rail normally of the plane of the window.

3. The device set forthin claim 2 wherein said one leg of said elip is secured to said head rail by pin means,

said other leg of said clip and said spring means being apertured axially of said pin means.

4. The device set forth :nfclai [wherein said other leg of said clip is formed "with a perforation and wherein said plate-like 'arm' is formed with button means adapted to be received in said perforation, said perforation and said button means comprising said intere'ngaging means.

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